Monday, February 6, 2012

COLLECTOR SERIES BLOCKS

More "Collector Series" blocks to share with you. These are all from one leaflet. And I have not trimmed the blocks just yet. They will not be side by side in the quilt.

Next is the Zinnia block from the same set of patterns. Jan says her bottom leaves on her real zinnias always turn yellow. She made the bottom leaf on her applique much more yellow than I did. But I did use a more green with more gold than the upper leaves.

And last is a picture of my first postage stamp block. Thanks to Lori from Humble Quilts and Kathie from Inspired By Antique Quilts, I had more variety of squares to pick from. Thank you! Seems like I have a lot of blues cut compared to other colors. Their contribution helped me get going on piecing. I have ten rows of ten squares each adding up to 100 pieces. I haven't decided how big of a piece I will make.

You can see a picture of Kathie's design wall with several blocks displayed here.

That's "all" you have to share?! My goodness Karen~ that is a lot of stitching!! :-o Love the applique blocks~ my zinnia's always had yellow leaves at the bottom too. LOLThe postage stamp quilt is going to be stunning! Good rich colors! Have a great week!

I love those blocks!! That zinnia is lovely. I remember starting a postage stamp quilt years ago, tiny 1 1/2" squares, all by hand....I think I threw it out, lol. That was before I had a sewing machine. Didn't have the patience then OR now, but I sure do love the way it looks!